Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., KR7005930003

Broker targets reach 495,227 won for Samsung Electronics stock

Published on 10/16/2026 at 09:53 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Samsung guided KRW 107.40 trillion operating profit for the third quarter. Samsung Electronics stock faces October 29 results after KRW 195.00 trillion sales guidance.

Profit guide and analyst targets

Samsung guided KRW 107.40 trillion in third-quarter operating profit on October 8, 2026.
Seoul Economic Daily reported a KRW 495,227 average target on October 15, 2026, 113.50 percent above the October 14 close.
Samsung Electronics will hold its third-quarter earnings call on October 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. KST.

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Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (ISIN KR7005930003) guided third-quarter 2026 operating profit of KRW 107.40 trillion on October 8, while brokerages kept an average target of KRW 495,227. The gap between earnings expectations and the share price is now the central issue for Samsung Electronics stock.

Record guidance sets the baseline

According to Samsung Global Newsroom, third-quarter sales guidance was KRW 195.00 trillion, with an underlying range of KRW 194.00 trillion to KRW 196.00 trillion. The operating-profit range was KRW 107.30 trillion to KRW 107.50 trillion under K-IFRS.

The guidance compares with second-quarter revenue of KRW 171.50 trillion and operating profit of KRW 89.49 trillion, while the year-earlier comparison was KRW 86.06 trillion in sales and KRW 12.17 trillion in operating profit, according to the same Samsung release. The forecast therefore points to a larger profit base before the detailed division figures arrive.

What do the targets mean?

Seoul Economic Daily reported on October 15, 2026, that the average Samsung target was KRW 495,227, or 113.50 percent above the KRW 232,000 closing price on October 14. The article attributed the targets to brokerages and linked them to the preliminary KRW 107.40 trillion operating-profit guidance.

The target spread is wide: the highest cited target was KRW 650,000 and the lowest was KRW 270,000. That range makes the October results important because investors will see how much of the forecast profit came from memory chips and whether the earnings trajectory can persist.

Three dated signals for investors

On July 30, 2026, Samsung reported second-quarter revenue of KRW 171.50 trillion and operating profit of KRW 89.50 trillion in its earnings call. On October 8, 2026, it issued third-quarter guidance of KRW 195.00 trillion in sales and KRW 107.40 trillion in operating profit. On October 15, 2026, Seoul Economic Daily reported the KRW 495,227 average target and the 113.50 percent gap to the October 14 close.

Next reporting date

The next substantiated date is Samsung's third-quarter earnings call on October 29, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. KST, according to Samsung Investor Relations. The call should provide the segment detail behind the preliminary guidance.

Frankfurt quote and valuation

The Frankfurt quote stood at EUR 2,830.00 on October 16, 2026 at 9:25 a.m. CEST, up 1.07 percent versus the Xetra close of October 15, 2026 (EUR 2,800.00). The quote's 52-week range was EUR 1,036.00 to EUR 3,525.00 as of October 16, 2026.